# Ready for elephant poop coffee? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310 "2012-12-07T16:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/1 "2012-12-07T16:35:22Z")
Just when you thought it couldn’t get stranger than weasel poop coffee, it did. [Elephant poop coffee](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2012/12/07/coffee-elephants-dung/1753385/). Anyone want to try it? I know we’ve had some folk who did try the weasel poop version before. I wonder if it comes in an espresso roast… ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/2 "2012-12-08T03:48:36Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Just when you thought it couldn’t get stranger than weasel poop coffee, it did. > > [Elephant poop coffee](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2012/12/07/coffee-elephants-dung/1753385/). > > Anyone want to try it? I know we’ve had some folk who did try the weasel poop version before. > > I wonder if it comes in an espresso roast… No. FYI, this might be better as a poll. Jus’ sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/3 "2012-12-08T03:54:12Z")
Dang. Beaten to the punch with the story. All I’ll add is that at $50 a cup, that had better come with a blowjob. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/4 "2012-12-08T03:57:00Z")
No. No. And No. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/5 "2012-12-08T04:01:02Z")
$50 per cup? Not nearly enough! They’ll have to pay me at least $500 per cup to drink it! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/6 "2012-12-08T04:10:55Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Anyone want to try it? I know we’ve had some folk who did try the weasel poop version before. > > I wonder if it comes in an espresso roast… I thought it was civet poop. No? 😕 Just so long as it isn’t that horrid mouldy-vanilla French Roast. **YIK!** ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/7 "2012-12-08T04:47:25Z")
the processing costs has to be high. digging through some crap might not take too long to find some beans. diving into a huge pile of Dumbo dung for a few beans is time consuming. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/8 "2012-12-09T04:26:09Z")
My favorite part: > [@](#): > > Crap-accino. Good to the last dropping. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/9 "2012-12-09T04:53:01Z")
Do not want. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/10 "2012-12-09T05:46:22Z")
Eh, I’d try it. It doesn’t sound that gross to me. I mean, it’s not actually covered in shit or anything–the coffee cherries are picked out, cleaned, and then the beans are extracted. I wouldn’t pay $50 for it, but I wouldn’t flinch drinking it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/11 "2012-12-09T13:15:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I thought it was civet poop. No? 😕 > > Just so long as it isn’t that horrid mouldy-vanilla French Roast. **YIK!** I think Qadgop was just being facetious. Although, according to Wikipedia, > [@](#): > > **Weasel coffee** is a loose English translation of its Vietnamese name _cà phê Chồn_ Also from wiki: > [@](#): > > In the coffee industry kopi luwak is widely regarded as a gimmick or novelty item. [4] The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) states that there is a “general consensus within the industry … it just tastes bad”. SCAA claims that almost all kopi luwak available for sale is counterfeit, as 50 times more kopi luwak is sold than produced. [5] > [@](#): > > The University of Florida has developed a way to recreate how nature produces kopi luwak without the involvement of any animals. This technology has been licensed to a Gainesville Florida firm, Coffee Primero, which now produces and distributes that product at a price competitive with ordinary quality coffees.[14][19] > The Trung Nguyên Coffee Company in Vietnam, through its work in isolating the civet’s digestive enzymes, has patented its own synthetic enzyme soak, which is used in its Legendee brand simulated kopi luwak coffee.[13] ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/12 "2012-12-10T02:13:29Z")
Trung Nguyên Coffee is damned good coffee. They’re like a homegrown Starbucks in Vietnam, with branches nationwide. I’ve not seen that Legendee brand, but then, I’ve not looked for it either. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/13 "2012-12-10T17:08:14Z")
[QUOTE=Wikipedia] In the coffee industry kopi luwak is widely regarded as a gimmick or novelty item. [4] The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) states that there is a “general consensus within the industry … it just tastes bad”. SCAA claims that almost all kopi luwak available for sale is counterfeit, as 50 times more kopi luwak is sold than produced. [5] [/QUOTE] That is the most wonderful thing I have heard all week. Not only are the cretins who could be convinced to drink this stuff drinking coffee that tastes like shit - it turns out that they are not even getting the real shit! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/14 "2012-12-10T17:18:12Z")
I, for one, would not drink that shit. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/15 "2012-12-10T17:25:55Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I, for one, would not drink that shit. But it’s supposed to be _real good shit_! ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/16 "2012-12-10T18:04:23Z")
If it were free I might try it just to say I partook in one of the most pointless, decadent wastes of money society has to offer. Is it supposed to be “good” , or is it just a conspicuous consumption thing? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/17 "2012-12-10T18:07:16Z")
People poop coffee! You can make it yourself! ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/18 "2012-12-10T18:22:18Z")
It makes me wonder if future historians will look back on this type of thing and shake their heads. Or they could be like "and that’s when the great dung - coffee empire got started, leading us to where we are today. " ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/19 "2012-12-10T18:44:28Z")
Jeez, who else is reminded of this punchline… _“You should have seen the poor little monkey trying to put the cork back in!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310/20 "2012-12-10T18:46:13Z")
The Tilley company, which makes outdoor wear, used to run ads championing the fact that one of their Endurables hats had been eaten by an elephant three times and still survived in wearable condition. I’m not sure I’d filter my coffee through it, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-for-elephant-poop-coffee/643310.md?page=2)